🌱 FFA Blood Drive and 11 more events

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Coming up on the calendar:

• FFA Blood Drive at West Carroll High School

Today's riddle: What do an island and the letter "t" have in common? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Sunday: Occasional rain and a t-storm, with a high of 68 and low of 56 degrees.
• Monday: Mostly cloudy with a shower, temps: high: 65, low: 51.
• Tuesday: Mostly cloudy and cool, with a high of 61 and low of 50 degrees.

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Mount Carroll

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Tuesday September 22

• FFA Blood Drive
  West Carroll High School Mount Carroll, IL 61053
  8:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday September 21

• Homecoming week
  Stockton CUSD 206 Stockton, IL 61085
• Boys Varsity Golf @ Bureau Valley High School
  River Bend CUSD 2, 9154 County Rd. 2125N, P.O. Box 329, Manlius
  1:00 pm
• HS B/G Golf vs Le-Win/PC (Senior night & Awards night)
  Lake Carroll Golf Course, 29-11 Ironwood Dr, Lanark
  4:00 pm

Tuesday September 22

• MJHS 6TH VOLLEYBALL HOME VS MONTMORENCY
  Morrison Junior High School, 300 Academic Dr, Morrison
  4:00 pm
• Ashton-Franklin Center at Eastland →
  500 School Dr, Lanark
  5:00 pm
• MJHS 7/8 GRADE VOLLEYBALL @ MONTMORENCY
  Montmorency CCSD #145, 9415 Hoover Rd, Rock Falls
  5:00 pm

Wednesday September 23

• HS G Golf Conference @ Le-Win TBA
  Wolf Hollow Golf Course, 6546 N Shippee Rd, Lena
• HS CC @ Byron
  Byron Forest Preserve District, 7993 N River Rd, Byron
  4:15 pm

Thursday September 24

• 5:00 MHS VOLLEYBALL @ EASTLAND
  Eastland High School, 500 School Dr, Lanark
• HS B Golf Conference @ Lake Carroll TBA
  Lake Carroll Golf Course, 29-11 Ironwood Dr, Lanark
• MJHS 7/8TH VOLLEYBALL @ RIVERDALE
  Riverdale Middle School, 9822 256th St N, Port Byron
  4:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Zurn Elkay Water Solutions posted a job opening for $20/hour - 1st Shift Assembly - Lanark, IL in Lanark. Apply here.
• Nutrien, Ltd. posted a job opening for CDL Custom Applicator in Stockton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Mount Carroll here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Fulton

• From ‘Farmer Wants a Wife' to Catholic content creator: John Sansone's journey of faith (ewtnnews.com)
• POLICE: Mitchell Dutz fabricated story, used child as leverage after being robbed during drug deal (centralillinoisproud.com)

Morrison

• City Update: U.S. Route 30 Reconstruction Project (thecity1.com)

Freeport

• 53.7% of Freeport High graduates attending Illinois community colleges enrolled in remedial courses in 2024-25 (nwillinoisnews.com)
• Highland Community College dedicates Switzer Family Research Farm (wifr.com)
• On the market: Spacious Freeport home offers golf course views (journalstandard.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: They are both in the middle of water. (Thank you Curt K. for sending it in!)
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